Are there any audit requirements associated with Buy America provisions, other than for rolling stock purchases?
A. The Buy America audit requirements apply only to rolling stock. Q. Does ‘Buy America’ apply to utility relocations performed by the utility under a utility agreement and to railroad facility relocation that is required to by performed by the railroad for a federally funded New Starts project? UTA is entering into numerous relocation agreements with utilities and a Class I railroad for relocation of track and train signals required for the construction of a commuter rail line. The transit authority is constructing its own track on its own right-of-way adjacent to the existing Class I railroad. The transit authority is not directly purchasing the equipment for the utilities or the railroad. The utilities and the railroad are responsible for performing the relocation work. The utilities and the railroad are insisting that they use their own standard materials for the relocations. The utilities and railroad use their own procurement methods to obtain the materials. It is unclear whether
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